The Portuguese Archiving Report - What if anything does it mean?

[Albertini]

sy are there because the pj were inept

No they aren't.

[Alfred R Jones]

Officially they have not.

"failed to demonstrate innocence" can never equal cleared, can it?

Are they still officially under suspicion then?

[Martina]

Are they still officially under suspicion then?

"Not being cleared" does not equal "being officially under suspicion".

[Albertini]

Are they still officially under suspicion then?

Until such time as someone other than the McCann's is charged or a new archiving despatch is written then the one which stated they had "failed to demonstrate their innocence" remains the last word of the investigation.

[Mr Gray]

it is not  a legal requirement to demonstrate innocence

[Alfred R Jones]

Until such time as someone other than the McCann's is charged or a new archiving despatch is written then the one which stated they had "failed to demonstrate their innocence" remains the last word of the investigation.

Are they officially still under suspicion then?

[Albertini]

it is not  a legal requirement to demonstrate innocence

They weren't in court

[Albertini]

it is not  a legal requirement to demonstrate innocence

They weren't in a court room.

[Albertini]

Are they officially still under suspicion then?

We won't know the answer to that until someone is charged or a new archiving report is written.

ETA: Lets hope this time the investigation is able to be completed and not sabotaged by the people supposedly having the missing child's best interests at heart, then maybe we can get some real closure.

[Mr Gray]

We won't know the answer to that until someone is charged or a new archiving report is written.

ETA: Lets hope this time the investigation is able to be completed and not sabotaged by the people supposedly having the missing child's best interests at heart, then maybe we can get some real closure.

do you really believe the mcanns stopped the investigion...if so how have the pj managed to start it again

[Albertini]

do you really believe the mcanns stopped the investigion

Yes.

[Alfred R Jones]

We won't know the answer to that until someone is charged or a new archiving report is written.

What will it need to say in the next report to convince you that the are no longer officially suspects?  The reason I ask is I suspect if it fails to mention any suspicions about the McCanns at all (which is highly likely imo), then doubters will take that as evidence that they are still under suspicion (crazy as that may sound now).

[Mr Gray]

SY have no legal jurisdiction in Portugal nor did they write the last or the new archiving despatch.

you are struggling and seem unable to accept the mccanns are not in the picture...

[Albertini]

you are struggling and seem unable to accept the mccanns are not in the picture...

Irrelevant to what was being discussed between you and i.

You appear to be struggling to counter the fact that SY have no jurisdiction in Portugal nor did they write the archiving report.

[Albertini]

you clipped my post...sign of desperation

My answer related to that particular question.

In answer to your other question it is obvious why the case was reopened.